The night was getting dark, and after going around a few boulders that rolled down on the side of the road, Zhang Jiao unexpectedly saw a market.

He looked from afar, and saw that at the foot of the mountain not far ahead, in a dilapidated village, there were people coming and going at the moment, although it seemed that the number of people was not very large, but there were nearly dozens of people under the careful count.

"Ghost City?"

Zhang Jiao stopped, looked at the market in front of him, and whispered to himself.

In this chaotic place, where there is no village in front of the village and no shops in the back, I suddenly encountered a thriving market, which no one should pay much attention to.

He raised his head and took a deep breath towards the village, the smell of the wind did not show any special taste.

"Human, is it really an ordinary bazaar? How did you choose this place and put it at this point?"

"Or is it a black set?"

Zhang Jiao looked at the torches that were gradually lit up in the market in front of him, and kept thinking.

Just as he was about to go to investigate, there was a sudden sound of dense footsteps behind him.

A figure strode from behind, bringing up a cloud of dust.

The visitor quickly stopped in front of him, and after seeing Zhang Jiao, he immediately blurted out, "It's you?"

Zhang Jiao looked back and saw a somewhat familiar Taoist priest suddenly standing beside him, looking at him vigilantly.

Yu Qing looked at the white-haired fellow Daoist in front of him, first on guard and then on his own.

I saw him clasp his hands together and bow down.

"Xiaodao Laoshan Yuqing, I was offended a lot last time, and I ask Brother Dao not to be surprised. ”

Zhang Jiao looked at him a little inexplicably, and couldn't think of what intersection he had with him, so that the other party would apologize to him.

seemed to understand his doubts.

Yu Qing immediately explained, "The last time we met, I thought you were the accomplice of the fat and thin head, and I took over the gangsters who kidnapped those children. But I didn't want to chase it to Huayin County, only to learn that the group of children had returned home safely, and it turned out that it was Brother Dao who rescued the group of children. ”

"Xiaodao misunderstood Brother Dao, and hoped to atone for his sins. ”

After saying that, he bowed to the ground again.

Zhang Jiao looked at him with a look that didn't look like a fake, turned around and dodged away and said softly, "Do it easily, friends don't have to be so polite." ”

Yu Qing didn't insist anymore when he heard this, he got up with a smile, and said loudly, "By the way, I haven't asked Brother Dao for his name, where is Qing Xiu?"

"Contemptible Zhang Jiao, wild fox Zen one. Zhang Jiao replied.

Yu Qing didn't ask any more when he heard this, he smiled heartily, pointed to the market in front of him and said, "It just so happens that there is a market in front, let's go sit for a while and eat something." ”

After Zhang Jiao heard his words, he stared at him with a faint gaze and asked, "Don't you think there is something strange about this bazaar?"

Yu Qing was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and it took a long time to react.

He explained to Zhang Jiao with a smile, "Brother Dao is too worried, this market is open in the evening, and now there is turmoil in various places, and the rogue private soldiers are rampant, and whoever dares to go out in the middle of the day will secretly run out to change something near evening." ”

As he spoke, Yu Qing was already full of emotion.

"It's only been a long time, and I've already become like this, and I don't know how long I'll have to wait for this world to be peaceful. ”

"Brother Dao, please. ”

He shook his head and was already the first to go.

Zhang Jiao looked at his figure, feeling the strength of the slowly struggling in his left hand, and his eyes were cold.

"Smack"

A crisp whip flick suddenly sounded in the twilight.

Yu Qing subconsciously looked back and saw Zhang Jiaozheng retracting a short whip-shaped long rope into his left sleeve.

Only then did he observe that his left hand had been tucked into his sleeve, as if he had been grasping at something.

However, he didn't ask much, turned and continued to walk on.

Outside the village at the foot of the mountain, most of the earth fence built up by the loess has collapsed, and many people in tattered clothes huddle at the door of the house that is about to collapse, carefully placing one or two objects, and covering them with sleeves and blades of grass.

Zhang Jiao followed Yu Qing all the way, which can be regarded as an eye-opener.

There are far more people in this market than it seems from the outside, and there are really cows, ghosts, snakes, and gods who have everything and sell everything.

In addition to meat, rice and noodles, salt, and clothing, there are even sales of calligraphy and painting antiques, human livestock, spring color trading, and so on.

Zhang Jiao saw a man eating half a piece of food with his own eyes, so he dragged a woman into the dilapidated house not far away, and there was a man standing guard at the door, and the people next to him also looked strange.

In addition, there are obviously some people in the bazaar who are not serious, they often sit in the most conspicuous position with swords and swords, and they openly put some things in front of them that are not easy to see, waiting for customers to come to the door. And in the room behind them, more than one pair of eyes faintly leaked.

Zhang Jiao followed Yu Qing all the way to refuse many people who came forward to sell, and came to a place that sold cooked food.

A half-sized goat had been plucked and hung upside down on a wooden pole, and a large black pot was bubbling on the earthen stove next to it.

The strong smell of sheep filled the entire market, and I don't know how many people swallowed their saliva and looked here.

Yu Qing sat on the small pile next to him and shouted at the strong man with a boning knife, "Shop, two catties of cooked meat." ”

The strong man immediately walked over and said arrogantly, "Two catties and eighty wen, you pay first, and I will cut it for you." ”

Yu Qing was immediately stunned when he heard this, and muttered in a low voice to the strong man, "Eighty Wen? ”

The strong man pursed his lips and said, "It's not expensive, Dao Ye." If you go further north and want to eat mutton, you will not be able to eat it if the price triples and you will not be able to eat it. Do you want it or not?"

Yu Qing looked at Zhang Jiao, who was already sitting next to him, and was embarrassed to tell him to get up, so he could only count out eighty Wen and hand it over in distress, "Shopkeeper, you have to cut enough for me with this scale." ”

The strong man took the money and said without looking back, "Master Dao, don't worry, when will our Hu Laosan be short of two catties." ”

As he spoke, he quickly cut two pieces of fresh meat and put them in the pot, and by the way, he brought two bowls of mutton soup from the black pot.

"Two Taoist leaders, first drink a sip of soup to warm your stomach, and the meat will be brought to you immediately. ”

Yu Qing took two bowls of mutton soup, and was about to divide Zhang Jiao's bowl when someone suddenly came from the side and sat beside them.

The person who came stared at Zhang Jiao's white hair, and suddenly said, "This Dao Master, I want to do business with you." ”

Zhang Jiao immediately looked up at him, only to see an old man dressed in tatters and wrinkles on his head found him.

He didn't ask why he suddenly found him, but said quietly, "What kind of business?"

Old Chinese said enthusiastically, "Of course it's a big business." Swap your life for the town in your hands, you say it's not a big business. ”

Zhang Jiao was not as angry as people thought, but said lightly, "I don't want to." ”

The old man was not angry, he looked at Zhang Jiao's eyes, and suddenly said, "I guess you don't want to either." ”

With that, he punched him.

Yu Qing, who already felt that something was wrong next to him, immediately blocked this punch, and then pushed hard, only to see that the old man who made a bold move was suddenly pushed a few feet away, and fell to the ground at once.

"You...... What's going on?"

Yu Qing looked at the old man who fell to the ground, his expression was shocked, and he wanted to ask very much.

"You magnify your words aggressively, but you don't beat them like this, are you here to slander people?"

But before he could ask, the voice of the mutton shopkeeper next to him came, "Dao Chief, your mutton is ready." ”

A sharp boning knife stabbed at Zhang Jiao's neck.

Zhang Jiao looked at the oncoming sharp knife, and did not dodge, the white light in his palm flashed, and a demon knife longer than a human flew out of thin air, aiming at his head and splitting down

"Slash. ”

In a low and mysterious voice, before Yu Qing's words were finished, he saw that the strong man had already broken into two pieces and fell down.

"Don't....... They are mortals. ”

He looked at Zhang Jiao angrily, and was about to say something when he saw more and more people in the bazaar looking this way.

Their expressions stiffened, like puppets being manipulated, and they walked step by step.

Zhang Jiao looked at the mortals who surrounded him, stood up and waved his hand, and the demon knife immediately flew back into his palm, and a vicious aura spread out.

Yu Qing next to him immediately stopped in front of him and said hurriedly, "Brother Dao, they are all mortals, but they are controlled, don't do this." ”

As he spoke, he turned to stop the mortals who were rushing up.

"Brother Dao, you go first, I'll help you stop them. ”

Zhang Jiao looked at Yu Qing who rushed forward, and suddenly stepped out, grabbed his back collar, and a gray mist channel under his feet spread out of the market.

It's just that the fog channel, which has always been invincible, has encountered obstacles for the first time, and he has obviously walked out, but he suddenly returned to the same place.

The mortals who were constantly surrounding him said in unison, "The big drama has just begun, why are you in a hurry to leave? Why don't you enjoy it with us~~~"

At the end of the day, their final notes were like operas, constantly echoing in their ears.

Zhang Jiao looked at the crowd that rushed up, and suddenly grinned, and the faint voice immediately overshadowed the singing voices of nearly 100 people in front of him, echoing over the entire market.

"Okay, but how can a one-man show be a big show?"

As he spoke, the four-armed faceless evil creature had already poked out from behind him, and in Yu Qing's frightened countenance, countless black hairs came out of the ground, pulling at the crowd that surrounded him.

On a small hill dozens of miles east of the market town.

Behind a white curtain depicting the entire market terrain, the voices of men, women, and children were changing, and the old man manipulating hundreds of shadow puppets suddenly paused, only to feel that the shadow puppets in his hands seemed to be a little disobedient.

He looked down.

I saw long black hair coming out of the shadow puppet in his hand, sewing a face with long hair covering his face like a needle and thread.

As soon as the wind blew, the covered hair immediately drifted away, revealing a faceless face.

Faceless faces were staring at him.